| immunogenicity of rabies vaccines used during an urban epizootic of rabies in mexico. | from 1 july 1987 to 31 december 1988, 30% of 247 rabid dogs in hermosillo, mexico had a positive history of rabies vaccination. serosurveys suggested that inactivated suckling mouse brain vaccine (inact-smbv) and inactivated tissue culture vaccine (inact-tc) used before and during the epizootic were poor immunogens. prospective studies showed that only about one-third of dogs vaccinated with inact-smbv were seropositive 5 weeks after vaccination. lack of vaccine potency was the most likely cause ... | 1994 | 7856289 |